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Metropolitan City of Catania

Natural hazards and seismic zone municipality by municipality, for home buyers.

According to ISPRA’s mosaic, 0.6% of the territory of the Metropolitan City of Catania has high or very high landslide hazard (P3 and P4), with 0.7% of the residents. 6.4% of the territory of the Metropolitan City of Catania is in the flood area of the medium-probability scenario (P2), with 1.8% of the residents. Among Italy’s 107 provinces it ranks 91st for landslide hazard P3-P4 and 58th for flood area (P2).

Municipalities by seismic zone: 4 in zone 1, 54 in zone 2.

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Municipalities by share of territory in landslide class P3/P4

Acireale3.1%
Grammichele3%
Licodia Eubea2.5%
Aci Castello2.4%
Calatabiano2.1%
Bronte1.7%
Adrano1.7%
Valverde1.6%
Caltagirone1.2%
Militello in Val di Catania1.1%

Municipalities by share of territory in flood scenario P2

Catania50.2%
Belpasso19.5%
Ramacca16%
Palagonia14.7%
Paternò11%
Maniace8.9%
Mascalucia7%
Motta Sant’Anastasia5.3%
Calatabiano4.3%
Castiglione di Sicilia3.3%

All 58 municipalities

MunicipalitySeismic zoneLandslide P3-P4Flood P2
Aci Bonaccorsi20%0%
Aci Castello22.4%1.2%
Aci Catena20.4%1.1%
Aci Sant’Antonio20%1.9%
Acireale23.1%1%
Adrano21.7%1.7%
Belpasso20%19.5%
Biancavilla20.7%1.5%
Bronte21.7%1.6%
Calatabiano22.1%4.3%
Caltagirone21.2%0.1%
Camporotondo Etneo20.1%0%
Castel di Iudica20.5%1.6%
Castiglione di Sicilia20.3%3.3%
Catania20.2%50.2%
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia20%0.3%
Giarre20.6%3.1%
Grammichele23%0.7%
Gravina di Catania20%0%
Licodia Eubea12.5%0%
Linguaglossa20%1%
Maletto20%1.2%
Maniace20.2%8.9%
Mascali20%1.1%
Mascalucia20%7%
Mazzarrone20%0%
Militello in Val di Catania11.1%0%
Milo20.4%0%
Mineo20.1%0.2%
Mirabella Imbaccari20.1%2.1%
Misterbianco20.1%1.9%
Motta Sant’Anastasia20.7%5.3%
Nicolosi20%0%
Palagonia20.5%14.7%
Paternò20.3%11%
Pedara20%0.5%
Piedimonte Etneo20.8%0.4%
Raddusa21.1%0%
Ragalna20%1%
Ramacca20%16%
Randazzo20.5%2.5%
Riposto20.3%0.9%
San Cono20.3%0%
San Giovanni la Punta20%0%
San Gregorio di Catania20.2%0%
San Michele di Ganzaria20.2%0%
San Pietro Clarenza20%0%
Sant’Agata li Battiati21.1%0.1%
Sant’Alfio20.4%0.1%
Santa Maria di Licodia20.3%0%
Santa Venerina20.2%1.4%
Scordia10.7%0%
Trecastagni20%0.2%
Tremestieri Etneo20%0.1%
Valverde21.6%2.1%
Viagrande20%0.3%
Vizzini10.1%0%
Zafferana Etnea20%0.2%

Landslides and floods in the province

ISPRA indicatorCTSicilia
Landslide, very high hazard (P4)0.1%2.2%
Landslide, high hazard (P3)0.5%0.8%
Landslide, areas of attention0.1%1.4%
Residents in landslide areas P3-P40.7%1.9%
Buildings in landslide areas P3-P40.5%2.4%
Flood, high probability (P3)4.6%1.6%
Flood, medium probability (P2)6.4%1.9%
Flood, low probability (P1)8%2.2%
Residents in P2 flood areas1.8%2.6%
Buildings in P2 flood areas2.3%2.3%

Sources: ISPRA IdroGEO, Civil Protection, Istat (25 October 2026).

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